Commissioner SMC reviews ward wise building activities, Enforcement of all 35 SMC administrative wards

Srinagar March 08:(KNS)   Commissioner SMC Mr Athar Aamir Khan on Monday convened a meeting of all the Ward Officers along with the Building Inspectors to take  a detailed ward wise review of Building activities and Enforcement ,in his office chambers here at central Office Karan Nagar.
 

Mr Athar Amir reviewed all the 35 SMC administrative wards one by one and took stock of permissions being approved  in those wards, the status of number of  illegal instructions, demolition drives being taken up with regard to illegal construction,  , complaints regarding  violation of building norms including conversion of nature of building permissions from residential to commercial ones, redressal of greviances,   and the legal action taken thereof..
 
 
 
Commissioner in the meeting passed  on clear cut directions  that no violations in sanctioned building plans will be  be tolerated and the number of permissions issued in every ward  needs to be kept constantly  watchful right from the initial level of structure getting up raised so that all the deviations are regularly being monitored and not allowed to come up   right from the Plinth level.
 
On the occassion he directed ward officers  that all the building activities with regard to building permissions , illegal construction and the major deviations in sanctioned plans shall be dealt with under act/rules. 
 
Mr Athar furher  said that the motive of the meeting is to get acquainted with the present status of each ward regarding the various ongoing building related activities and the role of enforcement in reinforcement before he would personally  visit  every ward and review the activities on ground.
 
 A strong action for Any erring official found involved in facilitating  illegal constructions will be taken under law.
 
 
Besides Joint Commissioner Adm Syed Abul Qasim, Joint Commissioner Works Ishtiyaq Ahmed Shah , Joint Commissioner Planning Ghulam Hassan Chief Enforcement Officer  all the Ward officers along with Building Inspectors attended the meeting.
 
 
Mr Athar however reiterated to take timely action of complaints regarding illegal constructions and keep monitoring the permissions that stands issued  whether they are coming up as per the permitted plan  or have got completed under various norms.
 
 For  improvisation  and efficieny of Ward officers and Building Inspectors  in carrying out effective building activities out on ground, Joint Commissioner Planning has been directed to conduct a day long  capacity building programs  in two phases   to all ward officers and Building inspectors this coming Sunday   in which ATPs will also be involved,  so that the Ward Officers and Building Inspectors are well versed with the rules envisaged in Master plan to have better understanding of norms before its proper implementation on ground in letter and spirit.
 
Meanwhile He also  instructed the concerned to give weekly reminders to the line departments for submitting of NOC's of the building permissions cases to ease out the people's movement and to forward  a copy of building permissions to the applicants through email  so as to save their time till the hard copy is being received from  the applicants end.
 
In this regard Commissioner  directed the concerned  to make email I'd of the applicants part of their applications while applying for building permissions  till the complete process of digitization will take place and it was  also instructed  the ward officers and concerned enforcement officers should also receive one copy of permission through email immediately after the issuance of building permissions.(KNS)

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